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June 12, 2009

McCUTCHEN CONTINUES HOT STREAK

Since getting the first call-up of his professional career, Pittsburgh Pirates centerfielder Andrew McCutchen has been on fire. In eight games, McCutchen is hitting .316 with a pair of triples and five runs batted in.

Check out McCutchen’s stats and video highlights on his player profile on MLB.com.

June 5, 2009

McCUTCHEN DAZZLES IN DEBUT

Highly anticipated Pirates rookie Andrew McCutchen scores three runs,
raps two hits, and adds an RBI and a steal in his first game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Watch the highlights from McCutchen’s night by clicking below.

May 13, 2009

BURNING UP THE BULLPEN

The Red Sox have fulfilled many of their most diehard fans’ biggest wish. On Sunday, Boston called-up flamethrower Daniel Bard from Triple-A.

Bard’s popularity lies with his electric stuff. His fastball regularly sits in the high 90s range and has even topped three digits.

“I’m obviously excited,” Bard told MLB.com. “It’s something I’ve worked for my whole life, and I couldn’t be happier. Now that I’m here, I’m just trying to help the team win.”

The noise coming out of Beantown isn’t just hype either. Filling the closer role with Pawtucket in 11 games this season, the 23-year-old right hander has allowed just two earned runs and six hits in 16 innings of work.

He hasn’t been scored against since April 25.

“It seems like the right time,” said Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein. “He’s been throwing really well. He made some strides with the last stages of his development in recent weeks, so we felt like the time is right.”

“If he attacks the strike zone, he’s going to have success,” said skipper Terry Francona. “It’s hard to get around it. He’ll give up a hit or a home run every once in a while, but his stuff is too good. He handles the running game. There’s not a lot of moving parts for a young pitcher that throws that hard.”

McCutcheon Update:
One step away from making the Pittsburgh Pirates active roster directly from Spring Training, prospect Andrew McCutchen has struggled with inconsistency in Triple-A. McCutchen’s average has dropped to .261 for the season but to a pedestrian .235 in his last 10 games.

His struggles at the plate have been exaggerated with aggressive pitching. When behind in the count, McCutcheon’s average plummets to .133.

McCutchen’s Season Stats – Indianapolis (Triple-A)
AVG – .261; 2B – 5; 3B – 8; HR – 1; RBI – 11; BB – 12; SO – 10; OPS – .790

April 16, 2009

JACKSON SCORCHING; McCUTCHEN SURPRISES; AND WIETERS WARMS UP

Austin Jackson (pictured right) – Following a full season of Double-A ball in Trenton, the speedy Jackson is emerging a legitimate competitor for a position in the Yankees outfield.

Last season, Jackson batted .285 with 33 doubles, 5 triples, 9 HR, 69 RBIs and 19 SB in 131 games, leading Trenton in hits (148), doubles, stolen bases and RBIs. His named appeared at the top of the Double-A stats charts in several categories, including at-bats (second), hits (third) and doubles (fourth).

As is his nature, Jackson hasn’t slowed down any in 2009, despite a promotion to Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre. In his first seven starts, the Denton, TX native is 12/25 (.480) at the plate, has driven in six runs and stolen seven bases. His versatility could assist his chances of being called-up to the Yankees, as he has spent time patrolling both center and right field this season.

Jackson’s Season Stats – Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
AVG – .480; 2B – 0; 3B – 1; HR – 0; RBI – 6; BB – 5; SO – 7; OPS – 1.123

Andrew McCutchen – The Pittsburgh Pirates expected their prize center field prospect to have his bags packed and ready for a trip to their Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis as soon as the doors closed on spring training. Boy, were they surprised. McCutcheon did everything in his power, including six hits in his final six at bats, to convince Pittsburgh he was ready for a chance at the show. In the end, he’s still being reassigned. But an impression was certainly made on the Pirates staff.

“In Andrew’s case, we probably thought it was a much-later-in-the-summer-type progress,” general manager Neal Huntington told MLB.com. “Andrew still had a lot of things to tick off on that checklist. But he’s beginning to check them off a lot quicker than anticipated. The checklist is getting shorter.”

McCutchen continued his hot streak for Indianapolis with three multi-hit games in his first seven games and first-inning triples in back-to-back starts.

McCutchen’s Season Stats – Indianapolis (Triple-A)
AVG – .281; 2B – 2; 3B – 3; HR – 0; RBI – 1; BB – 4; SO – 3; OPS – .892

Matt Wieters – As expected, the Baltimore Orioles assigned their start prospect to their Triple-A affiliate (Norfolk Tides) to start the season. Wieters return to the minors didn’t start the way he had invisioned. Held without a hit in his first two games of the season (0-7), Wieters rebounded by hitting .363 in his next three.

Wieters Season Stats – Norfolk (Triple-A)
AVG – .222; 2B – 0; 3B – 0; HR – 0; RBI – 0; BB – 4; SO – 7; OPS – .586